Who is this little cnut
I like him well enough too. I try to read Private Eye when I remember it exists and think he's at least interesting. I just don't think he's funny, which works if everyone else is, but often they're not.
Yeah, I stopped watching it 4/5 years ago for this very reason.
Yeah...not for any moral reasons, we were just too poor growing up to justify the outlay.
ffs..years of successful evasion and I've got my dad banged up because of a forum post. They really are everywhere.
When it became a liquid
RespectYeah...not for any moral reasons, we were just too poor growing up to justify the outlay.
The letters literally never stop. We got one a month like clockwork, always with vaguely threatening messages like 'WE CAN SEE YOU' (they can't), 'DO NOT IGNORE US' (we did), 'WE VISITED TODAY' (they didn't), '22ND APRIL - AN INSPECTOR WILL MAKE A HOME VISIT' (they didn't), 'A LOCAL INVESTIGATION IS TAKING PLACE' (it wasn't)
They always put the messages in big red writing on the outside of the envelope so your postman can see you're an urchin too.
I remember my dad used to go absolutely crazy if he came home and thought one of us kids were accidentally watching CBBC or something. He was convinced they could see us at all times. He used to ask next door to record Match Of The Day for us on VHS
At some point we just started watching it. Nobody ever came out...probably because we lived on a notoriously rough estate. Still got the letters every month.
I look forward to the day the country decides to boycott the BBC and refuse the payments altogether.It was Nish Kumar’s attempt to be John Oliver.
I hate Hislop, he's such a smug, jowly cnut.
That passed me by somehow and I like Charlie Brooker. I take it that it wasn't great?
Agree they've done amazing work over the years, but it's more him personally and the mag's in-house jokes, like 'trebles all round', which are even more tired than the Caf's.
Three match ban for Jippy
Well i haven't read it in years so no idea about that. It must be difficult to do now with the sheer volume of sleaze and incompetence to sift through.
Listen cockface...Agree. I'm not sure why people listen to commercial radio stations. I wonder if some people actually like adverts.
The weekly issue must be like a telephone directory under this government.
Or getting Nish Kumar to try and do comedy.
If I did, I would be nuking every TV set including yours that watches Mrs Brown boys. The worst show in existence.
You have a Mrs Brown tattoo
I don't pay it. You can fill in a form on the TV licence website to say you don't need one because you don't watch live TV, and it'll stop. They'll ask you in a few years if your circumstances have changed, and you just tell them the same again.
I don't actually think a lot of what he's done on mainstream TV is very funny, so I can understand why you'd feel that way. We've seen a few live online things he's done in the past 12 months though and I've really enjoyed them, much better stuff than he's probably allowed to do on TV, or maybe he was scripted by some other writers in the mash report?
Think i've turned my TV on like twice in the last year. Can I just cancel it? Didn't the rule used to be you had to pay just if you had a TV?
Used to be. Before streaming platforms, there was only really one reason to own a TV. Now, streaming and gaming are legitimate options for many. It's the only reason I use my TV. I don't even have the aerial plugged in to it.
I don't watch the show but the clips can be great.
Or just Chris Morris. I don't think there's another one like him.
Fill out out the "I don't need a licence" form on the website. They will leave you alone for 2 or so years before sending you another letter to confirm you still don't need one. I haven't had a visit or threatening letter in over 15 years. Had one chick come to the door, I told I don't watch tv. She asked to come in, I said no. That was it. No one ever came back.
Yes, cancel it and get a refund on what you've paid so far. That could be a lot if you pay month to month.(form below). Declare on the website form(further below) that you no longer require a Licence as you do not watch live tv, or watch the iplayer. You use your tv to watch services like Netflix, or dvds and blurays, or for gaming.
